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Thursday, 28 August 1997
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- Primates on the decline
- Venezuela prison riot claims 42 lives
- Boost for MI6 in war on drug trade
- Agents aim to break hold of barons
- Queen losing stamp of authority
- Walking a fine line on human rights
- Kinshasa blocks UN probe
- A stranger's tour of hashish's dark heartland
- US queries Moscow N-blast
- Kohl and Jospin in unity
- Canberra attacks MP's racism campaign
- Whitewater fraud charge admitted by businessman
- US warns Bosnian serbs after peace force attacked
- Autopsy may solve deadly mystery of the Mattei Affair
- How real is Her Majesty's rule over 16 states?
- The grass that heals starts its journey to Europe
- Israelis ease travel ban curbs on Palestinians
- Orthodox approach
- Jospin buoyed up by the economic tide
- Paris's new spymaster
- Swiss sterilisation scandal
- Japanese aim high with Concorde-san
- Milosevic enters Bosnian fray
- Death calls time for an old man at Safari Bar
- Clinton appointee faces jail
- Cramped islanders find a listening ear
- Cook clears the line to Montserrat
- US troops `fought in Zaire'
Business
- SBC fined pounds 300,000 over Chinese Wall lapse
- Rogue trader sacked at Credit Suisse
- T&N talks could `lead to merger'
- Reckitt & Colman may buy back bond
- Provident Financial keeps up growth
- B&J bids for discount chain
- Generous Reckitt looks good value
- Leigh agrees to pounds 116m takeover
- Nerves prompt falls in London and New York
- Ladbroke to speed up hotel openings with help of HHC
- Far East currency crisis savages HSBC and Standard
- Boots offloads AG Stanley
- Standard Life's rising star reappears at RBS
- Airbus set for privatisation as France abandons objection
- Barnes may float to fund expansion
- Rolls-Royce let down by overworked suppliers
- Keeping the investment bankers in check
- Malaysian sell-off sparks further round of turmoil in the Far East
- Guinness deal faces big EC objections
- Investment banking helps Credit Suisse profits rise 70%
- Billiton profits $5m ahead of forecasts
- Norwich Union on a high as takeover rumours swirl
- US company mounts Kalamazoo rescue
- Pugwash might be worth a punt as he sets sail for US
- Rushmere turns to business training
- Industrial decline is no horror story, just a sign of success
- Aluminium looks good for Billiton
- Carl Lewis speeds off-track to back AIM flotation
- Gas suppliers refuse to back watchdog
- Wiggins to sue Brent Council
- Waiving his salary is the least Cockburn can do
- Fidelity to close `cumbersome' Magellan fund
- BT tipped to take pounds 310m Spanish stake
- Securicor's mobile phone boss quits
- Chance expected to stay on at Sky
- London leads the world in costly hotels
- Exports defy strong sterling
- United may axe 100 jobs in TV revamp
- WH Smith chief rules out early break-up plans
- Buoyant land prices take pressure off Hang Seng
Voices
Voices RSS Feed - click to grab the feed- Letter: Soviet-style `boot camp' for priests
- Letter: Soviet-style `boot camp' for priests
- Letter: Soviet-style `boot camp' for priests
- Letter: Cars promise a nightmare future
- Letter: A way out of the Cyprus impasse
- Letter: Cars promise a nightmare future
- America's beef about food safety
- Letter: Errant priests must face reality
- Leading article: Islands of uncertainty in need of a new status
- Letter: Miserable myth of happy families
- Letter: Exam question
- Letter: Asylum injustice
- Letter: Mines: first clear up the deadly legacy
- 1 Austerity has hardened the nation's heart
- 2 Tottenham to smash pay scale with £150,000-a-week contract in attempt to tie Gareth Bale to club
- 3 Strewth mate. Aussies wave goodbye to Britain as it becomes too pricey to stay
- 4 Be more professional! GCHQ staff rapped as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange reveals messages that he says point to 'fit up'
- 5 Join Ryanair! See the world! But we'll only pay you for nine months a year
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